San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-19
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Another Interesting Meeting of the NUM-
cipal Board-Electric Light Bids
and Belknaps Charges.

Another interesting meeting OF the NUM-
cipal Board-Electric Light Bids
and Belknap's Charges.
AS usual on four Mondays in the month the
council met yesterday with a full board pres
ent. Alter the reading of the minutes and
their approval the mayor read the following
petitions from the people:
From A. SchOencrt, for compensation for
part of lot on Austin and GraysOn streets. Re
terred to city attorney.
tara and Olive streets be Gle arCd O1 brush.
Streets and bridges committee.
j. }. Cavanaugh, recommending that the
city adopt the CarricO dry vault eXcavating
paOcess. Board of health.
Citizens, that water mains be laid on Obraje
street. Gas and water committee.
+. X. Guenther, to change name Of EWell
street to Gucnther. Streets and bridges COM
mittee.
ST. Paurs Methodist church, cOlorcd, for ex-
emptlOa from taxes. Not granted
The mayor brought up the II. &. PtCitfer
fence cncrOaChment on the GOliad road. The
city engineer announced he had given Pfeihcr
the proper lines and he had disregarded them.
The mayor had instructed that pfeiifer be
fined in the recorders court for every day he
allowed the fence to remain. The motion was
carried to compel him to remove the fence or
be prosecuted.
Committees reported as follows:
FinanCe-RepOrtS of city treasurer and
clerk and city weigher for June were correct
and ordered filed.
IuDlc improvements -lnhI water llldlus ne
laid under direction of the city engineer.
Adopted. City engineer recommended i'm
prOVement of Martinez street. Adopted.
Streets and bridges cOmmittHe-RcpOrt of
street commissioner for June was correct and
| ordered filed. City engineer again wanted to
| know if he should be guided by the old lines
of jackson street. Committee reported re-
commencing that the map of this street
adopted May 3, 1884, be adhered to. Referred
| back to committee for more explicit report.
bitches and irrigation committee Ditch
commissioners reports for June were correct
and filed.
Assessment cOmmittee-RepOrted that petit
lions of Barbara Smith, W. ". Perryman and
W. Il. Story, for reduction of assessments, be
not granted.
Police ommittee-Reported that reports of
city jaiIer, inspector of weights and meas
uTeS. pound master and city marshal tor June
were correct and they were filed.
Gas and water COmmlJtCC-RCpOrtGd upon
the bids for lighting the streets of the city.
The bids and some letters in connection with
them were read by Alderman Smye to the
council and are as follows:
San Antonio Electric Light and Power com,
pany: Such streets and plazas as may be des-
ignated at 80 cents per lamp per night for 20OO
candle power lamps.
viii light the main market and new city hail
free of charge.
Incandescent system. if desired.
Sixteen candle power, 800 or more lamps, for
S24 per annum per lamp, to burn all night, and
where gas lamp posts cannot be used to fur
nsh posts free TO the city, aud will furnish
one arc lamp, 1000 candle power, for Main, Mil
itary and Alamo plazas, free, twenty-fOur
nights each mouth, and in cloudy weather ev-
cry night, and will furnish twenty five arc
lamps, 1000 candle power, at 80 per annum,
every night in the year.
Southern Electric and Supply company: Not
less than 80 inCandesCent lights, 10 candle
power on present street lamps and maintain
same, for every night in the year, except
eight nights before and after each full moon Of
each month, tor S2j per light per annum.
Arc a mn N MI Apk
candle power, eyCrJ night in the year until /
O'Clock in the morning, for SO per light per
month. VIII furnish ID candle iucaudesCcnt
lamps for city buildings for 81 per lamp per
month. This will make the cost as follows;
3jOstrcet lamps, per year ................. $3.50
arc lamps, per year ............. ......... 1850
20 building lights, per year ................ 240
$1,000
And, agreeing further, to run both mean
descent and arc lights every night in the year
for same prices as in bid for plaza and park
lights, to run from dark till dawn.
southern Electric and Supply Co. - Will
furnish full 200 candle power arc lights every
night in the year for so per annum, for not
less than % lights. Any number incandescent
lights over 300 for S2j per annum.
San Antonio Gas Co. 50 per street lamp per
month, if 70" only one year If for TWO years
for - per lamp per month. For all public
buildings, Offices, for S2.7j per 100 cubic feet
for one ear and if for two years, for 81 30
per lUH feet. The lamp posts to be paid for by
tn city al rate of S2I each with globe etc
compete. Street lamps to be burning all
night, except seven nights of each lunar
month; al lights Of not less than lG-CandIe
power Bills to be payable at end of 30 days
after expiration Of month, or whenever it is
not Convenient for the city to pay in cash, to
take 8 per cent vouchers
Supplementary bid.-FrOm first of Scptcm-
Der to light the city at 81 each lamp per month
If electric light is preferred, will furnish
limited number of arc lamps, not less than %
at S64 per annum and incandescent lamps S23
per annum each lamp.
Alderman Belknap wanted the bids laid over
for the next meeting. tie had been absent
now for two months and meanwhile some
strange measures had been passed by the
council. He had heard that aldermen had
been offered stock in the competing Electric
Light companies to carry this measure
Here the mayor, who had went out to search
for a paper in his Office and get
his pile driver, again took the chair
from Mayor pro TEN Schrciner and raped to
order quickly, and said the alderman had made
a serious charge against the board, that some
aldermen had been bribed. This was so seri-
Gus that it must not be allowed to pass, and
the alderman must prepare himself to sustain
it,
Belknap said it was so serious that he want
ed a thorough investigation, as it was common
street talk. He moved that a committee of
three be appointed by the mayor to investi-
gate it.
Smye-The charge has been made direct and
wanted the charge made direct and declared
that it should be fully investigated.
Belknap then reiterated the charge more
specifically, and the mayor appointed a COM
mittee consisting of Aldermen Schreiner,
Lewis and Guerguin to investigate, and the
council fixed the time for the investigation at
IL o'clock today.
Market and public buildings committee re-
pOrted-ReCOmmending certain meat stalls be
allowed to do business, and granting meat
selling privileges to others. Adopted.
NEW BUSINESS.
By Degener: That the mayor be instructed
to declare Fernando, Dallas and Laredo streets
in class G.
By Lewis: That the board of health be re.
quested to define Odorless cleaning vaults and
privies.
BY Schreiner: Amending city ordinance
against carrying pistols to comply with the
new state law.
By Guerguin: That Mill street bridge be
painted. Referred to city engineer.
By Gallagher: That the street commissioner
plOY Ell PasO street.
Adjourned.
Alderman Gallagher has a platform